‘Lagosians to witness more developmental projects’

The Conference of Executive Secretaries in Lagos State yesterday said there will be tremendous developmental projects under the Akinwunmi Ambode administration.

Speaking with The Nation yesterday, the conference chairman, Mr Kolade Alabi, said Ambode’s achievements in just a year in office have shown that he is a performer.

Ambode, he said, spent a better part of his career as a civil servant, noting that the governor on assumption of office, quickly restructured the civil service by merging and realigning some ministries, departments and agencies, to ensure efficiency.

The initiative, he said, has saved the state billions of naira.

Alabi hailed Ambode’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to kick-start the construction of the 38km Fourth Mainland Bridge, bringing a 14-year old dream to reality.

He said the plan to transform Oshodi into a world class transport interchange in the next 13 to 16 months would go a long way to meet the Mega City status of the state.

The $70 million project would also remove all notorious activities associated with the area, he said.

According to him, the simultaneous construction of 114 expected to be completed next month in the 57 councils, is unprecedented in the history of any state in the country.

Alabi said the commissioning of the 2.481km Ajasa-Command Road in Alimosho Local Government and Okota and Ago Palace Way roads, were part of Ambode’s pledge to make life more meaningful for the people.

“On our part at the council level, we have complemented the governor’s gesture with various outstanding projects like building of schools, construction of inner roads, building and face-lifting of primary health care centres, provision of educational materials to schools, among others,” he said.

The construction of roads, he said, was a clear demonstration of what Ambode’s administration stands for, urging people to protect public infrastructure in their communities.

“These roads are been built with the resources from our common wealth; the tax payers money; it must therefore be protected jealously, to serve the communities and improve our quality of life and standard of living,” he said.